Birds to See in Slovenia in December
128 bird species on our list for Slovenia are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Mallard, Chaffinch and European Robin. New this month: Avocet, Spotted Redshank, Horned Grebe and Velvet Scoter and 4 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Slovenia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 128 birds in December
128 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.91% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.65% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.32% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.18% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.91% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.90% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.86% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.71% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.66% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.60% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.58% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.58% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.57% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.53% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.51% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.50% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.50% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.45% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.43% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Dec
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentUncommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.36% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.33% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Dec
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Dec
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.18% in Dec
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.17% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Dec
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.14% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.13% in Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Dec
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.09% in Dec
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.07% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusPassage migrantUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.07% in Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Dec
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Dec
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Dec
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Dec
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.04% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantRare24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Dec
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made